Gall Bladder

[Fran 1]

Hi All,

I was banded on August 31,2006 in Port Jervis by Dr. Kwon. To date I have lost 65 pounds. I had a bad attack that I thought was something getting stuck, but it turned out I needed emergency gall bladder removal. Is this common with the band? Thanks and good luck to all.

Fran

[shutuplena 0]

I don't know that it has anything to do with the band. I had mine removed when they did my band. Have you been or do you eat fatty foods? They can sometimes bring on an attack.

[Devana 0]

I've read of several people getting gall bladder surgery after banding. Maybe if you do a search you will find some postings.

Congratulations on your loss, by the way, well done!

[Alicia521 0]

I had mine done with the band but rapid weightloss as well as pregnancy can cause gallstones. Mine was due to pregnancy. I went ahead and got it out since I would be losing weight.

[~Jules~ 0]

I had mine removed several years ago. A fatty dinner caused a flair up. I had a stone bigger than a golfball. I had no idea until that night. It was wild.

[juliegeraci 7]

I had my gall bladder removed 5 years ago right after the birth of my son. I didn't have it out post lapband.

[taninoz 0]

:faint: i had my gallbladder removed after having had my band 5 years and i was told it was due to rapid weight loss and is quite common with banders so i was relieved as i was sure something was wrong with my band but its fine.so i think you might hear more banders having gallbladders removed.